Alexa's Work

Part 1 A
1. Who is the person being interviewed? Sallie Smith
2. What is his title or position? Sallie is a young woman living in the Great Depression
3. What is his race, gender, and age? She is a woman, who is white and around sixty years old. She is young. She is also of caucasion descent.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? This interview is taking place in Burksville, Alabama.
5. What is the date of the interview? This interview is taking place on, December 17th, 1938.The first part is in 1938, and the later half referring to when she is grown up.
6. Who is the interviewer? Mrs. C. W. Higgins
Part 1 B

"Griffin children" of west Alabama land use demonstration project near Greensboro, Alabama. They are all third or fourth generation resulting from, it is believed, a white woman and a Negro. They are mostly white and refused to be placed with the Negroes, but the whites will not have them. Note carefully the closeup of the four children; all are from the same family and yet differ greatly in appearance.


This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three days later for lack of attendance. At Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama. Kymulga is the closest village to the powder plant. This is a good example of the Great Depression because this movie tent had very hight expectations, but then no one showed up so they went out of business.
Part 2 A

Describe what you see What do you notice first? What people and objects are shown? How are they arranged? What is the physical setting? What, if any, words do you see? What other details can you see?

Why do you think this image was made? What’s happening in the image? When do you think it was made? Who do you think was the audience for this image? What tools were used to create this? What can you learn from examining this image? · What’s missing from this image? If someone made this today, what would be different? What would be the same?

What do you wonder about... who? what? when? where? why? how?

Flight instructors McTaggart and Gumison talk things over. Craig Field,
Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama.

1. People standing near th end of an airplane.
2. I noticed that they are standing next to each other talking.
3. McTaggart and Gumison and an airplane.
4. Flight instructors are talking things over and they are holding bags at the end of the plane
5. They are at the airport.
6. I see 423 OED.
7. I can see other planes in the background.

1. This image was made to show how well how much leverage they had.
2. Flight instructors are talking things over.
3. It was probably made in 1941 sometime in August.
4. The audience for this image probably would be the people that like to look at images of planes.
5. 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
6. I can learn that the flight instructors liked to talk behind a plane.
7. The front of the plane.
8. If someone made this today they would change it to be colored. Also you would be able to see the people easier.
9. A thing that could be the same what it says on the wing of the plane.

1. I wonder who made made this picture?
2. What are the flight instructors talking about?
3. When did this all happen?
4. Where was this taken?
5. Why would you take a picture of this?
6.How was it really made?


Houses in the Negro section of Eutaw, Alabama.
1. I see a person standing on the deck at her house.
2. I notice the house and the woman standing on the deck.
3. A woman and a house.
4. She is standing on her deck.
5. She is in the country side.
6. There are none.
7. I can see that in the background there is another house and there are about three poles.

1. I think they made this picture to show how bad the houses that they had were.
2. A woman is standing on her deck.
3. It was probably made in May 1941.
4. The audience was probably people back in the day.
5. 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
6. I can learn that colored people didn't have that great of houses.
7. Other people.
8. One thing that would be different would be the house.
9. One thing that would be the same it would be the person standing there.

1. I wonder who made this picture.
2. I wonder what she is doing there.
3. I wonder when did this all happen.
4. I wonder where was this taken.
5. I wonder why would you take a picture of this.
6. I wonder how was it really made.


Birdhouse and landscape at an old plantation home near Eutaw, Alabama.
1. I see a birdhouse and landscape at an old plantation.
2. I notice a birdhouse.
3. A birdhouse and a landscape.
4. It is just placed on top of a tall pole.
5. It is at an old plantation.
6. There are none.
7. I can see trees and plants in the background.

1. I think this image was made because they wanted to show how beautiful place this was.
2. There is a birdhouse and landscape at an old plantation.
3. I think this was made in May 1941.
4. I think that the audience was people that really liked flowers.
5. 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
6. I can learn that this place was a pretty place.
7. People.
8. It would be in color.
9. The way the picture was set up.

1. I wonder who made this picture.
2. I wonder what she is doing there.
3. I wonder when did this all happen.
4. I wonder where was this taken.
5. I wonder why would you take a picture of this.
6. I wonder how was it really made.

Part 2 B

Describe what you see. What do you notice first? What people and objects are shown? How are they arranged? What is the physical setting? What, if any, words do you see? What other details can you see?

Why do you think this image was made? What’s happening in the image? When do you think it was made? Who do you think was the audience for this image? What tools were used to create this? What can you learn from examining this image? · What’s missing from this image? If someone made this today, what would be different? What would be the same?

What do you wonder about... who? what? when? where? why? how?

The poorer the land, the more frequently one sees religious signs along highways. Alabama.
1. I see a sign along a highway.
2. I notice a sign and a lot of trees.
3. A sign and trees.
4. The sign is in the ground and there are trees behind the sign.
5. Along the highway in Alabama.
6. I can't really see what the sign says.
7. I can see dirt and trees.

1. I think this image was made because they wanted to show how mean people were.
2. There is a sign and trees.
3. I think this was made in May 1939.
4. I think that the audience was people that lived near this.
5. 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller.
6. I can learn that people were very mean.
7. People.
8. There wouldn't be a sign there and the picture would be in color.
9. The way the trees.

1. I wonder who made this picture.
2. I wonder what she is doing there.
3. I wonder when did this all happen.
4. I wonder where was this taken.
5. I wonder why would you take a picture of this.
6. I wonder how was it really made.


Four months after R.E. Centers was telling about how he was going to clear one hundred and seventy-five dollars a week from his rooming house, he had a sign posted in front of the "R.E. Claf" hotel reading "Private Room and Board." Childersburg, Alabama. Centers is superintendent of carpenters.
1. I see a man squatting in front of the sign and there is a house in the back.
2. I notice the man and the sign.
3. A man, a sign, and a couple of houses.
4. A man is squatting infront of the sign.
5. The man is in a neighborhood.
6. I see Private-Rooms and BOARD.
7. I can see other houses in the background.

1. I think this image was made to show what were some of the houses looked like.
2. A man is standing in front of the sign with houses in the background.
3. I think it was possibly made in Sept. 1941.
4. I think the audience was people that were looking to buy houses.
5. 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
6. I can learn that these houses were not that great places to stay.
7. Other people.
8. The houses would look very different.
9. The picture layout would be the same.

1. I wonder who made this picture.
2. I wonder what she is doing there.
3. I wonder when did this all happen.
4. I wonder where was this taken.
5. I wonder why would you take a picture of this.
6. I wonder how was it really made.



Excursion sign, Alabama.
1. I see a sign hanging on the door.
2. I notice a sign.
3. A sign are shown.
4. The sign is on the door.
5. Somewhere at a place.
6. I see that it says Monday Green, but I can't see the rest of what it says.
7. There is really nothing else that I can see.

1. I think this image was made to show what some of their signs said.
2. There is a sign hanging on the wall.
3. I think that this picture was made in 1936 Summrtime.
4. I think the audience is the people that worked at this place.
5. 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
6. I can learn that they hang up signs for the days.
7. People and other things behind it.
8. It would be in color and it would be a bigger sign.
9.It would say the same exact thing.

1. I wonder who made this picture.
2. I wonder what she is doing there.
3. I wonder when did this all happen.
4. I wonder where was this taken.
5. I wonder why would you take a picture of this.
6. I wonder how was it really made.
Part 3 A
After reading the suggested interviews, I learned a great amount of knowledge from the interviewees. For example, a Mill Worker named, Alice Caudle, has been working on a mill since she was ten years old! She represents the time period and area of the country which I am studying, because back then, there weren't many successful jobs, especially for women. In Alice's interview, she states, " I'd a-heap rather do it than housework...Yessir," which tells me two things, one, that most women stayed home and did housework for a living, and two, if they did have an actual job, it was not important at all. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.html). Another woman named Anna Novak had a working job as a Packing House Worker. In her interview she tells how she had to buy the foremen presents for the holidays. She also states that,"You could get along swell if you let the boss slap you on the behind...I'd rather work any place but in the stockyards just for that reason alone." This relates to what I am studying right now because women were not treated with as much respect as they are now. For example, if a man did that to a woman during this time period, there would be a great consequence. However, women were not treated as equal human beings to the men, so there wasn't much Anna could have done about the situation. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html) In another interview from a woman named Bernice, who was a Rent Party Hostess, she says how when she first moved to New York, she thought Rent Parties were a disgrace. However, once her husband left her, and she had to pay rent all by herself, she started hosting rent parties. This fits in to what I've been studying, because there were not many opportunities back then, to earn enough money to live off of. Desperate times, called for desperate measures in her case because even though she thought the rent parties were a disgrace, she had to put her opinion aside, and do what was best for her, economically. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/bernice.html) Mrs. Mayme Reese, is a housewife. She was one of the many women who were housewife's because women we'rent really expected to work. They were expected to clean the house, take care of the children, and prepare food for the family. In her spare time, she attended quilting parties, at least twice a year. Mrs. Mayme Reese represents the time and part of the country I am studying, because like most women during this time period, she was a housewife. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/mayme.html) The last interviewee, named Mrs. Marie Haggerty, who was a maid, told her story. She says that you were hired as a maid by your looks, and if you looked honest they would still test you out. This relates to what I'm studying, because she states how one time when she was making a bed, she spotted a five dollar bill right beside the bed. She didn't know what to do with it, and her face started burning like fire, because she knew she was getting tested. This confirms that not everyone was to be trusted back then, because not everyone is trustworthy, so they had to be tested. Not everyone was fond of each other. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html)

Part 3B
I read two oral histories on Sallie Smith Bell, and Jesse Owens. Sallie Smith Bell was a fashion model for Marshall Fields, as well as a radio star in the 1930's. She was 93 years old when she died, in the year 2007. There was no specific place of the interview, due to the fact, that she is dead. On May 15th, 2007 is when the interview was posted on The Chicago Tribune. Also, Patricia Trebe wrote the tribute article on Sallie Smith Bell. An African-American male named Jesse Owens, was another person I read about. He is an olympic winner, because of his outstanding capability of running. The interview with Jesse took place in Macon County, Alabama. The interview occured on April 22nd, 1939. Rhussus L. Perry interviewed Jesse Owens.

1. Who is the person being interviewed? Jesse Owens
2. What is his title or position? He is an olympic winner.
3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is an African-American male.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? the interview is taking place in Macon County, Alabama.
5. What is the date of the interview? The interview occured on April 22nd, 1939
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Rhussus L. Perry

1. Who is the person being interviewed? Sallie Smith Bell.
2. What is his title or position? She was a fashion model for Marshall Fields.
3. What is his race, gender, and age? She was 93 when she died.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? There is no specific place.
5. What is the date of the interview? The interview was posted on May 15th, 2007
6. Who is the interviewer?The interviewer is Patricia Trebe